Publication - Comparing Three Approaches to Large Scale Coordination

Authors: Scerri, Paul; Vincent, Regis; and Mailler, Roger
Title: Comparing Three Approaches to Large Scale Coordination
Abstract: Coordination of large groups of agents or robots is starting to reach a level of maturity where prototype systems can be built and tested. This process of going from theory or simple simulation to actual implementation of large scale coordination will bring to light new issues and encourage new approaches. However, the field is so new that the central problems and key issues are not yet well known. In this paper, we look at three implementations of large scale coordination to find common issues, approaches, and open problems with the aim of setting an agenda for future research.
Keywords: ANTs, Coordination, Distributed Problem Solving, Multi-Agent Systems
Publication: Proceedings of the First Workshop on the Challenges in the Coordination of Large Scale Multi-agent Systems
Location: New York
Date: July 2004
Sources: PS: /Documents/mailler/LSMAS-2003.ps
PDF: /Documents/mailler/LSMAS-2003.pdf
Reference: Scerri, Paul; Vincent, Regis; and Mailler, Roger. Comparing Three Approaches to Large Scale Coordination. Proceedings of the First Workshop on the Challenges in the Coordination of Large Scale Multi-agent Systems. July 2004.
bibtex:
@article{Scerri-371,
  author    = "Paul Scerri and Regis Vincent and Roger Mailler",
  title     = "{Comparing Three Approaches to Large Scale
               Coordination}",
  journal   = "Proceedings of the First Workshop on the
               Challenges in the Coordination of Large Scale
               Multi-agent Systems",
  month     = "July",
  year      = "2004",
  address   = "New York",
  url       = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/371",
}